Hair curling and hair waving device



y 3 E. M. GJERULDSEN 1,959,420

HAIR CURLING AND HAIR WAVING DEVICE Filed Aug. 5, 1952 E .5 I f INVENTOR 14/44 M. 6.15am. as :N

Patented May 22, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I the hair in each contour so that its wave effect Q will curve oppositely to the adjacent contour,

and its object is to provide an implement having a slidable element and adapted to produce the above described result.

The device is simple and practical in design and of attractive appearance.

Its various objects and features are fully described and explained in thefollowing specification and claims, and illustrated in the ac companying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 shows a side view of the invention.

Fig. 2 shows a top plan view of same.

Fig. 3 shows a plan view of the prong element.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Fig. 5 is an enlargement of the view shown in Figure 4.

Fig. 6 shows a fragmentary view of a modification of the sliding element-having a series of transverse ridges and hollows instead of the slots shown in Figures 1 and 2.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary view of the element which moves the curved sliding member forward and backward with respect to its supporting frame.

Referring first to Figures 1, 2 and 3; the device comprises a curved frame 10 having a slide member 22 and a prong element 11, each of which has a rear yoke as shown at 12 and 13 respectively. These yokes are integral with the lever rods 14 and 15 which are pivotally jointed at 16. Handles 17 and 18 are mounted on the lever rods.

The form of the frame 10 is shown in section in Figures 4 and 5 and it will be seen that the ,right and left prongs 19 and 20 are in line to enter the channels or grooves 21 when the handles are gripped and pressed for clamping the hair in the desired position.

Referring again to Figures 1 and 2; the frame element 10 has a slidable member 22 which has a rounded lower surface, and in this a series of transverse openings 24 are arranged over its entire length. A slide bar 25 is attached to the member 22 at 26 and this bar extends back along the side of the rod 14 and terminates in an A shaped member 27 which has a tongue 28. The bar is slotted as indicated by the dotted line at 29 to slide on the pivot 16. Pins 30 and 31 are movable by the clip 32 to be brought into line with the A member. The slidable element 22 is retained in the frame 10 by the cross bars 33 as seen best in Figure 5.

When hair is being clamped under the frame element 10; its strands are engaged by the transverse members 24 and, when either of the pins 30 or 31 contacts on the A member, a forward or backward movement of the slidable element will occur as indicated by the arrows 35. This results in the oppositely directed curves of the adjacent contours. The slide element may be manipulated direct by the tongue 28 if so desired.

In Figure 7 the sliding member 22-partly broken off-is shown attached at its rear end to the bar 25 which extends rearwardly and terminates in the A member 27. The slot 29 is curved and its curvature is in an are which is derived from a center which is the same as that from which the arc of the curved member 22 is taken. The curve of the slot and the curve of the member 22 are circumferential to a common center.

If the handles of the implement were pressed in a closure movement from a position as shown in Figure 1; the prongs 19 would come into contact with the grooves 21-see Fig. 5. Simultaneously with this movementsee Fig. 1-the pin 30 would press against the A member 27 and, as the handles closed, it would force the A member forward because the pin 30 moves always in a circle at a set distance from the pivot 16, and the edge of the member A is tangential to that circle. Now, when the member A moves forward it causes the rod 25 to advance in a course which is circumferential to the common center from which the member 22 and the curved slot 29 are radially disposed. Briefly; the member 22 slides in a curved movement within the frame 10 which is formed in the same curve, and the rod 25 attached to the member 22 also moves in a coincidental curve as the slot 29 slides upon the pivot 16.

When curling or waving the hair in the manner for which this device is designed; the waves, as before stated, are in rows in which the curve of the hair in one Wave is opposite to that of the next adjacent waves. The waves are made one after another with the implement, and in the first wave, the position of the slide 22 at the start, is as in Figure 1. The A member is in a position in which the member 22 is neutral. As the handles close; the A member by means of the pin 30 pushes the slide forward. When the hair is set; the handles are opened and the member 22 rises without any backward or longitudinal movement. The A member is then moved by the finger of the user back to its neutral position and the clip 32 is turned so as to throw the pin 31 into operative position and to withdraw the pin 30.

In the next Wave of hair to be set by the implement; the pin 31 will force the A member rearwardly; that is, in an opposite direction to that of the first wave.

These alternate operations are continued until the waving is completed and the waves are set with the hair in each row oppositely disposed with respect to that next adjacent thereto.

The modified form of slidable element shown in Figure 6 is provided with a series of ridges and hollows 34 which are equivalent to the members 24 shown in the preceding views.

For use; the clamping elements may be heated in a flame, or electric means may be connected to them for that purpose if desired.

While the device is illustrated in its preferred form; it is not limited narrowly to the exact details of construction as shown, but is to be broadly construed within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of The United States, is as follows:

1. In an implement of the character described,

oppositely disposed lever rods pivoted together, and on one rod a frame element having side marginal grooves, a slidable member in the said frame element and transverse openings in the said slidable member, an actuating bar attached to the said slidable member and extending backwardly and having a terminal member adapted to be engaged alternately by pin elements upon one of the lever rods, and prong members on the rod opposed to that first mentioned and adapted to register with the side marginal grooves of the frame element.

2. In a hair waving implement, a longitudinally curved frame having grooves along its side margins and a slidable member forming a part of said frame and movable longitudinally with respect thereto, transverse openings in series along the face of the slidable member, curved prong members adapted to register with the grooves of the frame, said prongs being mounted on oppositely disposed and pivoted rods, a slidebar attached to the slidable member and passing back along a lever rod, and being slotted to pass the pivot of said lever, a terminal member on the said bar having inclined edges, and pins on the lever rod adapted to engage the edges of the said terminal member.

EMMA M. GJERULDSEN. 

